green (
http://definr.com/green)
adj 1: similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green salad"; "green
fields"; "green paint" [syn:
greenish,
light-green,
dark-green]
2: concerned with or supporting protection of the environment
as a political principle [syn:
Green]
3: (of a product) not harmful to the environment
4: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit";
"fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn:
unripe,
unripened,
immature] [ant:
ripe]
5: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green
around the gills"
6: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she
had been gullible and in love" [syn:
fleeceable,
gullible]
7: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's
advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her";
"jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";
"envious of their art collection"; "he was green with
envy" [syn:
covetous,
envious,
jealous]
n 1: the property of being green; resembling the color of growing
grass [syn:
greenness,
viridity]
2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn:
park,
commons,
common]
3: United States labor leader who was president of the American
Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the
struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(1873-1952) [syn:
Green,
William Green]
4: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party [syn:
Green]
5: a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward
through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
[syn:
Green,
Green River]
6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a
golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into
the trap" [syn:
putting green]
7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten
as vegetables [syn:
greens,
leafy vegetable]
v : turn or become green; "The trees are greening"